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WARDROBE BED.

No. 479,719. \Patented July 26, 1892..

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' F. P. PARKER, S. C. JONES &'N. F. OOFFEY.

WARDROBE. BED.

No. 479,719. Patented July 26, 1892.

I a WII/I/I/III/M j fiveizzbrs NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK P. PARKER, OF GOSHEN, INDIANA, AND SAMUEL O. JONES AND NATHAN F. COFFEY, OF OARROLLTON, MISSOURI, ASSIGNORS, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE ST. JOSEPH FOLDING BED COMPANY OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

WARDROBE-BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 479,719, dated July 26, 1892.

Application filed March 4, 1892. Serial No. 423,798. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: when the bed-frameis raised andlowered. As Be it known that we, FRANK P. PARKER, of the bed-frame is raised the sliding section of Goshen,Elkhart county,Indiana, and SAMUEL the head-board is lowered away from the up- 0. J ONES and NATHAN F. OOFFEY, residing at per stationary section of the head-board, and 5 Carrollton, in the county of Carroll and State thus a large opening is secured between said of Missouri, citizens of the United States, sectionsof the head-board when the bed-frame have invented certain new and useful Imis folded. which opening is at the middle of provements in Folding Wardrobe-Beds; and the bed and insures better ventilation thereof. we do hereby declare the following to be afull, To enable others to more readily under- [0 clear, and exact description of the invention, stand our invention, we will now proceed toa such as will enable others skilled in the art to detailed description thereof in connection which it appertains to make and use the same. with the accompanying drawings, in which- Our invention relates to a novel folding Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the wardwardrobe-bedstead in which a counter-weight robe-bedstead when folded. Fig. 2 is a Ver- 15 is used to poise or balance the weight of the tical central sectional view of the bed in its folding bed-frame; and the novelty consists folded position shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3is alonin the combination, construction, and argitudinal sectional view of the bed opened. rangement of parts, which will be hereinafter Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the slidfully described and claimed. ing weight-frame and a portion of the sliding 2o 7 In our improved folding bed we aim to so section of the head-board. Fig. 5 is a crossarrange the parts that friction and wear on section through the preferred form ofpulley the sliding head-board are reduced to a miniused in the sliding weight-frame; and Fig. 6 mum to insure a very easy sliding movement is a rear view, similar to Fig. 1, of the bed to the same and to reduce the weight of the provided with a continuous cord and ordinary 25 counterpoise to the lowest possible limit, pulleys in the weight-frame.

which, however, is sufficient to properly bal- Like letters of reference denote correspondance the weight of the bed-frame. To the acing parts in all the figures of the drawings. complishment of these ends we provide anin- A is the upright stationary frame, consistdependent weight-frame, which is separate ing of the side pieces a a, joined at the top 30 from the sliding head-board and is so associand bottom by the cross-rails a a, and B is ated therewith that the weight is poised dithe swinging or folding bed-frame, consisting 8o rectly upon the head-board and acts in aperof the side rails 19 b, the foot-board B,and the pendicular line, thus reducing the friction on transverse rail 6' at the head of the folding the head-board to a greater extent than when bed-frame.

3 5 the Weight is carried directly by or upon the On the inner faces or sides of theupright head-board, and this weight is connected to parts a a of the stationary frame A are the the verticallymovable frame by intermefixed horizontal rails c c, which are provided diate cords or cables and pulleys to insurea with the sockets c in their upper edges, and traveling motion to the weight about thrice in these sockets are fitted the pivots or lugs 40 the travel of the head-board, thus enabling d d, which are attached to the side rails b b of us to materially reduce the weight of the counthe bed-frame, whereby said bed-frame is piv- 9o terpoise. IVe also make the head-board in otally supported on the upright stationary two sections, one of which is rigidly attached frame. The bed-frame is provided at itsouter to the upper part of the upright frame, and or foot end with legs (1' d, which are pivot- 45 the other section is attached to the end rail of ally connected to the same and are adapted to the. folding bed-frame by the usual or any fold and unfold by gravity when the bed-frame 5 preferred form of hinge, said sliding section is raised and lowered, as is obvious. of the head-board moving vertically in ways In lieu of making the sliding head-board of or guides on the upright stationary frame our improved bedstead in one piece and attaching the counterpoise or weight directly to said sliding head-board, as has heretofore been the common construction, we construct the parts as follows: The head-board is made in two Vertical sections 0 G, one of which is arranged above the other,and the upper section 0 of the head-board remains stationary and is rigidly affixed or secured in any suitable manner to the upper part of the stationary upright frame A. The other lower "section 0 of the head-board is attached at its lower edge .to the cross-rail b of the bed-frame by means of the ordinary hinges e or any preferred form of hinge-joint, and the said sliding head-board section 0 is provided with guide and pivot lugs f on each side near the upper edge, which lugs are fitted in suitable vertical ways or grooves on the inner faces of the side pieces of the upright stationary frame, whereby the section 0 is adapted to move vertically in the upright frame A when the bed-frame is raised or lowered. The parts of the head-board are so proportioned and the several elements of the bed act in unison, so as to adjust the sliding head-board 0' against the lower edge of the stationary section 0 when the bed-frame is lowered, thus causing the head-board to present a practically-continuous front or appearance.

G is the vertically-movable weight-frame, which is of skeleton or outline form and consists of the side pieces g and the end pieces h, which parts are suitably united together, and between the side pieces of the weight-frame are arranged the pulleys H H, which are journaled on short shafts t', supported in the side pieces of the weight-frame. In the preferred embodiment of our invention we employ double pulleys of the form shown more clearly in Fig.4 of the drawings. Each pulley consists of the small sectionj and the larger section j, which are united laterally together, and in the peripheries of the sections j j of the pulley are formed grooves or recesses, in which are placed the cords or cables K K. The cord K of each double pulley is coiled orwound once or twice in the large section j of the pulley, and the cord K is Wound one or more times in the groove of the small section j of the pulley, the cords K K being coiled or wound in reverse directions to each other. The cord K of the large section of the pulley is attached at one end to the pulley, and its other end is attached to the weight-frame, as shown in Fig. 1, and the other cord K is attached to the smaller'section j of the pulley, and its the travel of the sliding section of the headboard, which is advantageous, as it enables us to reduce the weight of the counterpoise to between twenty-nine and thirty-eight pounds, which is ample to effect the proper counterbalance of the folding bed-frame. We do not, however, wish to limit ourselves to the peculiar form of double pulleys and the particular arrangement of the cords relative to the pulleys and the weight, and in Fig. 6 of the drawings we have shown another embodiment of our invention capable of use advantageously in connection with the independent Weight-frame separate from the sliding section of the head-board. In this modification of our invention we use a single continuous cord or cable, which has one end attached to one side of the upright frame, thence extending over one pulley through the eyes of the weight, thence over the other pulley, and finally its other end is 'attachedto the other side of the upright frame. In this arrangement of the cord and weight the latter travels double the distance of the movement of the sliding section of the head-board and we use the plain single pulleys; but for reasons stated we prefer to use the double pulleys and the reverse disposition of the cords attached, respectively, to the weight and the upright stationary frame. The weightframe is guided in vertical ways or grooves m m on the inner faces of the side pieces of the upright frame, and this frame is connected with or to the sliding section of the head-board by means of the reinforce vertical strips 0 O, which are attached to the back side of the sliding head-board section 0', and the upper ends of said vertical strips are rounded, as at 0, and fitted in concave seats 0 in the lower edges of the end pieces of the weight-frame, thus forming a pivotal joint between the slidframe. By this arrangement and connection of parts we are enabled to secure a verticalaction of the weight or counterpoise, which is applied directly to the sliding section of the head-board in the most advantageous manner, as the friction and binding of the headboard while working in the ways or grooves of the upright frame are reduced to a minimum, and the parts thus operate with great ease and freedom. It will also be seen that a simple connection of the weight to the bed is secured, that we can reduce the weight of the counterpoise, and that a better ventilation of the bed proper is attained when it is folded than can be secured in folding wardrobe-beds of the usual form.

\Ve are aware that changes in the form and proportion of parts and details of construction of the mechanism herein shown and described as an embodiment of our invention can be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof, and we therefore reserve the right to make such changes and modifications as fairly fall within the spirit of our invention.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a folding wardrobe-bedstead, substantially as shown and described, the combination of an upright stationary frame, a pivoted bed-frame, the sectional head-board having the upper part rigid with the stationary frame and the lower part attached to the bed-frame and guided in suitable Ways on the stationary frame, the independent weight-frame also,

guided on the stationary frame and having a direct pivotal connection with the sliding part of the head-board, and the two double pulleys carried by the weight-frame and each pulley having one cord attached to the stationary frame and another cord connected to a vertically-movable weight, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a folding wardrobe-bedstead, the co mbination,with a stationary upright frame and a pivoted bed-frame, of the sliding head-board attached to the bed-frame and guidedat its free end in suitable ways on said stationary frame, the independent weight frame also guided in ways on said stationary frame above the free end of the sliding head-board, the two double pulleys carried by said weight-frame, a weight, and two cords for each double pulley, which are wound reversely on the different? sized sections thereof, one of said cords being connected to the weight and the other cord secured to the stationary frame, as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a folding wardrobe-bedstead, substantially as shown and described, the combina tion, with a stationary upright frame and a pivoted bed-frame, of the divided head-board havingitsupperpart attached tothestationary frame and its lower member attached to the bed-frame and guided at its free end in ways on carried by the sliding weight-frame, as and for the purposes described.

4. In a folding Wardrobe-bedstead, the com bination of a stationary upright frame, a folding bed-frame, a sliding head-board attached to the bed-frame and having itsfree end guided in ways onv the stationary frame, an independent sliding weight-frame arranged above said free end of the head-board and having adirect pivotal connection with said end of the headboard, said weight-frame being guided in ways independently of thehead-board, and a weight sustained or carried by the Weight-frame, as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a folding wardrobe-bedstead, substantially as shown and described, the combination, with a stationary upright frame, a folding bed frame, and a sliding head board guided atits free'end on the stationary frame, of the independent sliding weight-frame also guided in ways on the stationaryframe above the free end of the sliding head-board and bearing directly thereon and a weight carried or sustained by the sliding weight-frame,as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof we affixour signatures in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

W. R. PAINTER, RALPH F. LOZIER. 

